The first round of the 2021 Australian Open is officially in the books. Five seeds fell on Tuesday – Victoria Azarenka, Petra Martic, Johanna Konta, Maria Sakkari and Zhang Shuai. Azarenka and Sakkari are covered in this post. Konta was forced to retire due to an ab injury which was a real shame as she…
Ready. Steady. Go! The 2021 Australian Open is underway and day 1 was all about the loaded bottom half of the women’s draw. It was actually a relatively quiet day for the seeds. I definitely expected more carnage to be honest. Three seeds fell on day 1 – Angelique Kerber, Alison Riske and Wang Qiang.…
Iga Swiatek became the first Polish player to win a Slam with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Sofia Kenin in Saturday’s French Open final. It was a performance befitting of Swiatek’s entire tournament run where she was sensational from start to finish. As the pair walked out onto court, I thought Swiatek looked surprisingly calm.…
We’re down to the final two after Thursday’s semi-finals in Paris. The 2020 French Open will be contested between Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek on Saturday as both players won through their semi-finals in straight sets. This post includes reviews of the semi-final matches and a preview of Saturday’s final, the youngest women’s Slam final…
We’re down to the final four in Paris after Tuesday and Wednesday’s quarter-finals. Tuesday produced another huge upset, while Wednesday’s quarters went more with form book. I’ve loved this tournament but i’m feeling some Slam fatigue as we head into the final few days! This post features reviews of all four quarter-finals and a preview…
The quarter-finals at the 2020 French Open are nearly all set. The last of the fourth rounders between Ons Jabeur and Danielle Collins has been pushed to tomorrow due to the rain. The two remaining seeds in the bottom half of the draw, Petra Kvitova and Sofia Kenin, avoided the cull to book their places…
This French Open has been one hell of a ride. The two pre-tournament favourites, Simona Halep and Garbiñe Muguruza, are both out of the tournament and three of the four quarter-finalists from the top half will play their first ever Slam quarter-final on Tuesday. All four women’s singles matches from Sunday’s schedule are covered in…
The first week of the 2020 French Open is in the books! It was a shame how the schedule panned out on Saturday with four women’s matches all going on at the same time, yet nothing for the first two hours of the day. There were more surprises as another trio of players advanced to…
The weather has been dreary for much of this year’s French Open but the tennis and storylines have been captivating. The top three seeds in this half of the draw are all into the last 16. They are the only seeds remaining though as three players advanced to the last 16 of a Slam for…
The second round of the 2020 French Open is complete. Day 5 featured the biggest upset of the tournament so far by seeding. It wasn’t a big surprise though and it felt like a calmer day compared to the previous two. The two clear favourites in each half of the draw, Simona Halep and Garbiñe…
